日本語 Photo
21 August 2011; G: Chichibunomiya; R: Jerome Garces (FRA)
○Japan 20-14 The United States●
Data:
21/08/2011, Lipobitan D Challenge 2011, United States of America tour, Rugby World Cup 2011 NZ Warm-up Game
Japan 20 U.S.A. (American Eagles) 14
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 8-14
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant Referees: 1st Dana Teagarden (U.S.A.), 2nd Kyosuke Toda (Japan), 3rd Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Crowd: 12,519
JAPAN: 15 Taihei Ueda (22 Shaun Webb 46), 14 Takehisa Usuzuki, 13 Alisi Tupuailei, 12 Ryan Nicholas (21 Koji Taira 64), 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Murray Williams, 9 Tomoki Yoshida (20 Atsushi Hiwasa 46), 8 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 7 Tadasuke Nishihara (19 Itaru Taniguchi 49), 6 Vatuvei Sione, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Nozomu Fujita (17 Kensuke Hatakeyama 62), 2 Yusuke Aoki (16 Shota Horie 62), 1 Naoki Kawamata.
Reserve: 19 Tosizumi Kitagawa.
Tries: Kikutani, Usuzuki, Ueda; Conversion: Webb; Penalty Goal: Nicholas.
U.S.A.: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Kevin Swiryn, 13 Tai Enosa, 12 Paul Emerick (22 Andrew Suniula 64), 11 James Paterson, 10 Nese Malifa (21 Roland Suniula 62), 9 Mike Petri (capt) (20 Tim Usasz 75), 8 Jonathan Richard 'J.J.' Gagiano, 7 Louis Stanfill, 6 Pat Danahy, 5 Hayden Smith (18 Nic Johnson 2nd Half 40 and 19 Ryan Chapman 55), 4 Scott Lavalla, 3 Eric Fry (17 Shawn Pittman 43), 2 Phil Thiel (16 Chris Biller 75), 1 Mike MacDonald.
Tries: Swiryn (2); Conversions: Malifa (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Japan, Ueda; conv. Nicholas (missed)-5-0, 8min-try U.S.A., Swiryn; conv. Malifa-5-7, 11min-pen Japan, Nicholas-8-7, 39min-try U.S.A., Swiryn; conv. Malifa-8-14, Half-time, 54min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Webb-15-14, 66min-try Japan, Usuzuki; conv. Webb (missed)-20-14.
21 August. The send-off match before the World Cup (Chichibunomiya). The Japan national team changed 12 members of their starting-lineup from the previous match against Italy, and won against the United States, who was without the major players, by a narrow margin 20-14. Italy was a team for Japan to be able to suppose a match against Canada in the World Cup. It was salvation that Japan won and nobody got injured. Since it was the last selection, the fighting spirit of the members didn't work effectively. Even while it was also true that the ball slipped due to rain, Japan repeatedly made handling mistakes, and were sometimes late to react to a kick-off or a rebound. Especially in the first half in heavy rain, the opposing wing ran from Japan's easy mistakes and scored two tries.
When the half-time break came, Japan's locker room was unusually stormy. John Kirwan yelled angrily. “I know you guys can fight better. One more ruck! Try harder!”
Captain Kikutani followed. “We are the ones who play. Let's be proud of ourselves. Let's fight our hardest, believing in what we can do.” This encouragement might have worked. In the second half of the match, Japan's tempo got better. They pushed in scrums and fought well also in lineouts. Stable set plays stimulated successive attacks.
In the 14th minute of the second half. Japan passed the ball to the left from one push in a scrum to make close formations consecutively, then scrum-half Atsushi Hiwasa, who was subbed in at the middle, let hooker Yusuke Aoki run from a ruck to the left in a forward direction and in a timely manner. Captain Kikutani ran into the left middle at the end. Hiwasa and Aoki leaned their bodies against each other, and Kikutani raised his right arm up in the air. At the middle of the second half. Prop Kensuke Hatakeyama and hooker Shota Horie came off the bench, then the forwards' movement became more active. In the 26th minute of the second half. Japan passed the ball to the right from a ruck, then wing Takehisa Usuzuki, who received the pass, scored a try in the right middle. Later in the match, they managed the counterattack until the end with their systematic defense. Even though Japan's performance was poor, it was meaningful that they could reflect afterwards. The problems on the day were the accuracy of their play, kick-off treatment, and lineouts.
Surely Japan was stronger now. They claimed the title of the Pacific Nations Cup for the first time, and had a close match also against Italy, supposing the first match of the World cup, which was going to be against France. The individuals' physical strength and tackle power improved, and their systematic defense became robust. The depth of their understanding of tactics and strategies increased.
John Kirwan said, “I think they stepped into the next level in their defense. For the first match (against France) and the second match (against New Zealand), I hope to make the matches close with our active play. We are going to win against Tonga and Canada. I'd love to show the world that Japan's rugby has improved this much.”
There were only a little more than two weeks until the World Cup (which opened on 9 September, in New Zealand). What they could do in this short period was to perfect basic play, confirm set play, and build a consensus.
21 August 2011; G: Chichibunomiya; R: Jerome Garces (FRA)
○Japan 20-14 The United States●
Data:
21/08/2011, Lipobitan D Challenge 2011, United States of America tour, Rugby World Cup 2011 NZ Warm-up Game
Japan 20 U.S.A. (American Eagles) 14
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 8-14
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Assistant Referees: 1st Dana Teagarden (U.S.A.), 2nd Kyosuke Toda (Japan), 3rd Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Crowd: 12,519
JAPAN: 15 Taihei Ueda (22 Shaun Webb 46), 14 Takehisa Usuzuki, 13 Alisi Tupuailei, 12 Ryan Nicholas (21 Koji Taira 64), 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Murray Williams, 9 Tomoki Yoshida (20 Atsushi Hiwasa 46), 8 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 7 Tadasuke Nishihara (19 Itaru Taniguchi 49), 6 Vatuvei Sione, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Nozomu Fujita (17 Kensuke Hatakeyama 62), 2 Yusuke Aoki (16 Shota Horie 62), 1 Naoki Kawamata.
Reserve: 19 Tosizumi Kitagawa.
Tries: Kikutani, Usuzuki, Ueda; Conversion: Webb; Penalty Goal: Nicholas.
U.S.A.: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Kevin Swiryn, 13 Tai Enosa, 12 Paul Emerick (22 Andrew Suniula 64), 11 James Paterson, 10 Nese Malifa (21 Roland Suniula 62), 9 Mike Petri (capt) (20 Tim Usasz 75), 8 Jonathan Richard 'J.J.' Gagiano, 7 Louis Stanfill, 6 Pat Danahy, 5 Hayden Smith (18 Nic Johnson 2nd Half 40 and 19 Ryan Chapman 55), 4 Scott Lavalla, 3 Eric Fry (17 Shawn Pittman 43), 2 Phil Thiel (16 Chris Biller 75), 1 Mike MacDonald.
Tries: Swiryn (2); Conversions: Malifa (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Japan, Ueda; conv. Nicholas (missed)-5-0, 8min-try U.S.A., Swiryn; conv. Malifa-5-7, 11min-pen Japan, Nicholas-8-7, 39min-try U.S.A., Swiryn; conv. Malifa-8-14, Half-time, 54min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Webb-15-14, 66min-try Japan, Usuzuki; conv. Webb (missed)-20-14.
21 August. The send-off match before the World Cup (Chichibunomiya). The Japan national team changed 12 members of their starting-lineup from the previous match against Italy, and won against the United States, who was without the major players, by a narrow margin 20-14. Italy was a team for Japan to be able to suppose a match against Canada in the World Cup. It was salvation that Japan won and nobody got injured. Since it was the last selection, the fighting spirit of the members didn't work effectively. Even while it was also true that the ball slipped due to rain, Japan repeatedly made handling mistakes, and were sometimes late to react to a kick-off or a rebound. Especially in the first half in heavy rain, the opposing wing ran from Japan's easy mistakes and scored two tries.
When the half-time break came, Japan's locker room was unusually stormy. John Kirwan yelled angrily. “I know you guys can fight better. One more ruck! Try harder!”
Captain Kikutani followed. “We are the ones who play. Let's be proud of ourselves. Let's fight our hardest, believing in what we can do.” This encouragement might have worked. In the second half of the match, Japan's tempo got better. They pushed in scrums and fought well also in lineouts. Stable set plays stimulated successive attacks.
In the 14th minute of the second half. Japan passed the ball to the left from one push in a scrum to make close formations consecutively, then scrum-half Atsushi Hiwasa, who was subbed in at the middle, let hooker Yusuke Aoki run from a ruck to the left in a forward direction and in a timely manner. Captain Kikutani ran into the left middle at the end. Hiwasa and Aoki leaned their bodies against each other, and Kikutani raised his right arm up in the air. At the middle of the second half. Prop Kensuke Hatakeyama and hooker Shota Horie came off the bench, then the forwards' movement became more active. In the 26th minute of the second half. Japan passed the ball to the right from a ruck, then wing Takehisa Usuzuki, who received the pass, scored a try in the right middle. Later in the match, they managed the counterattack until the end with their systematic defense. Even though Japan's performance was poor, it was meaningful that they could reflect afterwards. The problems on the day were the accuracy of their play, kick-off treatment, and lineouts.
Surely Japan was stronger now. They claimed the title of the Pacific Nations Cup for the first time, and had a close match also against Italy, supposing the first match of the World cup, which was going to be against France. The individuals' physical strength and tackle power improved, and their systematic defense became robust. The depth of their understanding of tactics and strategies increased.
John Kirwan said, “I think they stepped into the next level in their defense. For the first match (against France) and the second match (against New Zealand), I hope to make the matches close with our active play. We are going to win against Tonga and Canada. I'd love to show the world that Japan's rugby has improved this much.”
There were only a little more than two weeks until the World Cup (which opened on 9 September, in New Zealand). What they could do in this short period was to perfect basic play, confirm set play, and build a consensus.